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1739.
Not represented.
1712.
Matthew Mayhew, (E).
1740.
John Norton, (E).
1713.
Matthew Mayhew, (E).
I74I.
Not represented.
I714.
Not represented.
1742.
John Norton, (E).
1715. Benjamin Skiffe, (c).
Zaccheus Mayhew, (c).
1717.
Benjamin Skiffe, (c).
1743.
Not represented.
1718.
Paine Mayhew, (c).
I744.
John Norton, (E).
John Norton, (E).
1745.
John Sumner, (E).
1719.
Paine Mayhew, (c).
I746.
Not represented.
John Norton, (E).
1747.
Not represented.
1720. Paine Mayhew, (c).
1748.
Not represented.
1721. Enoch Coffin, (E).
1749. Not represented.
Zaccheus Mayhew, (c).
1750.
Not represented.
Joseph Newcomb, (E).
1751.
Not represented.
509
I716.
Not represented.
Jabez Athearn, (T).
Matthew Mayhew, (E).
1727.
Benjamin Smith, (E).
Joseph Norton, (E).
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1752. Not represented.
1769. Not represented.
1753. Not represented.
1754. Not represented.
1770. Thomas Cooke, (E). Jonathan Allen, (c). James Athearn, (T).
1756. Not represented.
I771.
Not represented. Thomas Cooke, (E).
1757. John Norton, (E).
1772.
1758. John Norton, (E).
Matthew Mayhew, (c).
Matthew Mayhew, (c).
I773. Jonathan Allen, (c).
1759. John Newman, (E).
James Athearn, (T).
1760. John Newman, (E).
I774.
(Provincial Congress held at Salem): Joseph Mayhew, (c). Ransford Smith, (T).
1761. John Norton, (E). Jonathan Allen, (c). James Athearn, (T).
1775.
(Provincial Congress held at Watertown): Beriah Norton, (E).
1763. Not represented.
James Allen, Jr., (c).
1764.
John Norton, (E).
Nathan Smith, (T).
James Athearn, (T).
1776.
Thomas Cooke, (E). Joseph Mayhew, (c). Shubael Cottle, (T).
1766. John Norton, (E).
James Athearn, (T). 1777.
No representation on ac- count of the Revolution.
1767. Jonathan Allen, (c). James Athearn, (T).
1778. No representation on ac- count of the Revolution.
1768. William Jernegan, (E). Matthew Mayhew, (c). James Athearn, (T).
I779. No representation on ac- count of the Revolution.
Since the adoption of the State Constitution in 1780, this county has been represented in General Court annually by the following named persons, of whom 39 were from Edgar- town, 20 from Chilmark, 40 from Tisbury, three from Cottage City, one from West Tisbury and one from Gay Head, viz :-
1780. Not represented.
I788.
Not represented.
1781. Not represented.
1789.
Benjamin Allen, (T).
1782. Not represented.
1790.
Wm. Jernegan, (E).
1783. Samuel Norton, (c).
1791. Benjamin Allen, (T).
Ebenezer Smith, (E). Shubael Cottle, (T).
I792. Benjamin Bassett, (c).
Wm. Jernegan, (E).
1784. Benjamin Bassett, (c).
1793.
Benjamin Allen, (T).
Shubael Cottle, (T).
I794. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).
1785. Benjamin Bassett, (c).
1795. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c). Wm. Jernegan, (E).
Benjamin Allen, (T). Wm. Jernegan, (E).
1796. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).
1786. Matthew Mayhew, (c). Benjamin Allen, (T). Wm. Jernegan, (E).
Beriah Norton, (E).
1798. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).
1787. Not represented.
1799. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).
Matthew Mayhew, (c). James Athearn, (T).
1762. Not represented.
1765. James Athearn, (T).
Jeremiah Mayhew, (c).
510
1797. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).
1755. Not represented.
Representatives to the General Court
1800. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c). Wm. Mayhew, (E).
1801. Matthew Mayhew, Jr., (c).
Wm. Mayhew, (E).
1802. Not represented.
1803. Benjamin Allen, (T). Wm. Mayhew, (E). Wm. Worth, (E).
1834.
1804. 1805. Jethro Worth, (E).
Shubael Dunham, (T).
1806. Thos. Cooke, Jr., (E). Shubael Dunham, (T).
1807. Thos. Cooke, Jr., (E). John Davis, (T).
1808. Not represented.
1809. Martin Pease, (E). John Hancock, (T).
1810. Thos. Jernegan, (E).
18II. Simon Mayhew, (c). Samuel Wheldon, (E). John Hancock, (T).
1812. Robert Hillman, (c). Timothy Daggett, (E). Timothy Daggett, (E).
1813.
Not represented.
1814. 1815.
Not represented.
1816.
Not represented.
1817. Not represented.
1818. Not represented. Not represented.
1819.
Peter Norton, (T).
182I.
John Hancock, (c). Wm. Jernegan, (E). Not represented.
1822.
1823. Wm. Jernegan, (E).
1824. Not represented.
1825. Not represented.
1826. Daniel Fellows, Jr., (E). John P. Norton, (T).
1827. Daniel Fellows, Jr., (E).
1828. Harrison P. Mayhew, (c). Charles Butler, (E).
1829. Charles Butler, (E). John P. Norton, (T).
1830. Smith Mayhew, (c). Leavitt Thaxter, (E). Daniel Look, (T).
1831. Smith Mayhew, (c). Eliakim Norton, (T). Leavitt Thaxter, (E).
1832. Smith Mayhew, (c).
1832.
Eliakim Norton, (T). Leavitt Thaxter, (E).
1833.
Harrison P. Mayhew, (c). Leavitt Thaxter, (E). Daniel Look, (T). Ephraim Mayhew, (c). Chase Pease, (E). John Holmes, (T).
1835.
Ephraim Mayhew, (c). Timothy Daggett, (E). Leavitt Thaxter, (E). Daniel Look, (T).
1836. Stephen Skiff, (c). Wm. Coffin, (E). Timothy Daggett, (E). Thomas Dunham, (T).
1837. Mayhew Cottle, (c). Thomas Bradley, (T).
Wm. Coffin, (E). Daniel Davis, (E). Wm. Davis, (T).
1838. Mayhew Cottle, (c). Thomas Bradley, (T). Abraham Osborne, (E).
I839. Benjamin Davis, (E). Chase Pease, (E). Thomas Bradley, (T).
1840. Daniel Flanders, (c). Daniel Davis, (E). Elihu P. Norton, (E). Bartlett Allen, (T). Asa Johnson, (T).
1841. Heman Vincent, (c) .? Abraham Osborne, (E).
1842. Richard L. Pease, (E). Walter Hillman, (T).
1843. Heman Vincent, (c). Alfred Norton, (T).
1844. Not represented.
1845. Smith Mayhew, (c). Joseph Mayhew, (E). Matthew P. Butler, (T).
1846. Stephen Skiff, (T).
1847. Samuel Osborne, (E). Jonathan Luce, Jr., (T).
1848. Sirson P. Coffin, (E).
1849. Heman Arey, (E). Wm. A. Mayhew, (T).
1850. Heman Vincent, (c). Heman Arey, (E). Jonathan Luce, Jr., (T).
5II
1820.
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1851. Heman Vincent, (c).
1876. Richard Holley, (E).
1877. Richard Holley, (E).
Sirson P. Coffin, (E). Wm. S. Vincent, (T).
I878. Benjamin Clough, (T).
1852. Wm. Vincent, (E).
Charles B. Allen, (T).
1880.
Stephen Flanders, (c).
1853. Samuel Keniston, (E). Charles B. Allen, (T).
I882.
Tristram R. Holley, (E).
Thomas Barrows, (T).
1883.
Tristram R. Holley, (E).
1854. Ephraim Mayhew, Jr., (c).
Geo. R. Marchant, (E).
1885.
Everett Allen Davis, (T).
David Tilton, Jr., (T).
I886.
Beriah T. Hillman, (c).
1855. Samuel G. Vincent, (E).
I887.
Oliver E. Linton, (cc).
Hiram Nye, (T).
I888.
Edwin D. Vanderhoop, (GH)
1856. John Vincent, (E).
1889.
Cornelius B. Marchant, (E).
Nathan Mayhew, (T).
1890.
Cornelius B. Marchant, (E).
1857. John Vincent, (E).
Henry Bradley, (T).
1892. Ulysses E. Mayhew, (T).
1858. Not represented.
1893. Asa Smith, (c).
1859.
Joseph W. Holmes, (T).
Wm. A. Morse, (T).
I860. Alexander Newcomb, (T).
1894. Otis Foss, (cc).
1863.
Wm. H. Sturtevant, (T).
1897.
Otis Foss, (cc).
I864.
Wm. H. Sturtevant, (T).
1898.
Wm. S. Swift, (T).
I865.
Samuel Osborne, (E).
1899.
Wm. S. Swift, (T).
I866. Daniel Davis, (E).
1900.
Benjamin G. Collins, (E).
1867.
Daniel Davis, (E).
1901. Benjamin G. Collins, (E).
I868.
Charles Bradley, (T).
1902. Benjamin G. Collins, (E).
1869. Charles Bradley, (T).
1903. Herbert N. Hinckley, (T).
1870.
John Wesley Mayhew (c).
1904. Herbert N. Hinckley, (T).
1871.
Nathaniel M. Jernegan, (E).
1905. John E. White, (E).
1872. Nathaniel M. Jernegan, (E).
1906. Ulysses E. Mayhew, (WT).
1873. David Mayhew, (T).
1907. Ulysses E. Mayhew, (WT).
1874.
David Mayhew, (T).
1908.
Ulysses E. Mayhew, (WT).
1875. Beriah T. Hillman, (c).
1896.
Otis Foss, (cc).
I86I. Allen Tilton, (c).
1895.
Otis Foss, (cc).
I862. Edgar Marchant, (E).
I891. Ulysses E. Mayhew, (T).
I884.
Everett Allen Davis, (T).
1879. Benjamin Clough, (T).
Tristram Cleveland, (cc).
1881.
From the above it will be noted that for a period of two hundred and sixteen years the county has not been repre- sented at forty sessions. The longest continuous hiatus was 1746 to 1756 inclusive, but since 1859 there has been no break in the yearly representation of this county to the General Court.
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MILITIA LISTS, 1757
The following lists of those males able to bear arms in the several towns in the year 1757 are the earliest ones of this character now known to be in existence. They are valuable to establish the residences of persons living on the Vineyard one hundred and fifty years ago, and quite worth the space as a census of the able-bodied citizens at that date. The "alarm list," as distinguished from the militia list, comprised those who were ready to go to the front upon an "alarm" sent out by the Colonel.
The lists are arranged alphabetically for convenience of reference, but the spelling of the names and other words fol- low the original literally.
[Mass. Arch. XCV, 209]
A LIST OF THE FOOT COMPANY OF MELITIA IN EDGARTOWN UNDER THE COMMAND OF
LIEFT COLONELL JOHN NORTON, (Captain)
ELIJAH BUTLER, Sergeant
BENJAMIN PEAS, Sergeant
DANIEL VINCENT, Sergeant
SOLOMON NORTON, Sergeant
JOSEPH DAGGETT, Drummer; MATTHEW MAYHEW, Drummer
PRIVATES
Atsatt, John
Covell, James, Jr. Jethro
Dunham, Ebenezer
Atwood, John
Elijah
Butler, Abner
Joseph
Hezekiah
Cornelius
Matthew
Nathan
Daniel
Micajah
Seth
Elijah, Jr.
Timothy
Daggett, Brotherton Ebenezer
Matthew
Thomas, Jr. William
Prince
Samuel
Crosby, Lot
Thomas, Jr.
Thomas
Cunningham, John, Jr. Davis, David
Coffin, Benjamin
Thomas
Fish, Henry
David
Chase, Joseph
Daniel
Cleveland, Joseph
Fish, James Thomas, Jr.
Richard
Dunham, David
Haden, Prince
513
John
Claghorn, Benjamin
George
Nicholas, Jr.
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Huxford, Joseph Hammett, Robert Holmes, John
Norton, Seth Silas William
Smith, Benjamin
Ebenezer, Jr.
Elijah
Joy, Ebenezer
Neal, Thomas
John
Jarnikins, William
Norris, Thomas
Joseph
Norton, Beriah
Samuel
Samuel, Jr.
Marchant, Abisha
Pease, Abisha
Shaw, James
John, Sr.
Benjamin, Jr.
John, Jr.
Daniel
Seth
Ephraim
Sumner, John, Jr.
Silas
Fortunatus
Tesker, William
Mackelroy, William Norton, David
Joseph, Jr.
John
Elijah
Peter
Joseph
Elisha
Prince
Nathaniel
Henry
Shobal
Samuel
Ichabod
Stephen
Thomas, Jr.
Jabez
Timothy
William
John
William
Wheldon, Samuel
John, Jr.
Roberd, William
Wiswall, Samuel
Joseph
Ripley, Cornelius Joseph
Wood, Jeremiah
Yamons, Silas
[Mass. Arch. XCV, 211]
AN ALARM LIST OF THE MELITIA IN EDGARTOWN, UNDER THE COMMAND OF
JOHN NORTON, LIEFT. COLL.
Arey, Thomas
Kelley, Lemuel
Peas(e), John
Beetle, Christopher
Luce, Henry Matthew
Seth
Burgess, Luce
Thomas, Jr.
Bunker, Jonathan
Marchant, Cornelius
Malatiah
Butler, Ebenezer
Newman, John
Matthew
Coffin, Samuel
Norton, Bayes
Beriah
Abner John
Enoch
Ripley, Peter
Cousens, John
Nathan
Sumner, John, Esq.
Cunningham, John
Isaac, Jr.
Smith, Ebenezer, Esq.
Dunham, Shoball Benajah, Jr.
Timothy, Jr.
Sq(u)ier, John
Daggett, Benjamin Thomas
Silvanus
Vinson, Joseph Barnabas
Fish, Thomas Finlay, Samuel
Peas(e), Joseph Malatiah, Jr.
Wiswall, Ichabod John
Harper, John
Judah
Stuard, Daniel
Isaac, Sr. Stephen
Abner
Jenkins, Lemuel Luce, Barnabas Christopher Paul
Cornelius Timothy
Palmer, Amiziah
Thomas Timothy
Stuard, Samuel Timothy
James
Vinson, Benjamin
Shobal
Peter
Russell, Pelatiah
514
Militia Lists
[Mass. Arch. XCV, 210]
A TRUE LIST OF THE FOOT COMPANY IN TISBURY, EXCEPTING THOSE WHO ARE EXEMPTED FROM MILITARY MUSTER.
(GERSHOM CATHCART) CAPTAIN.
THOMAS LOOK, Sergeant
JOHN LUCE, Sergeant
JOSEPH MERRY, Sergeant
RANSFORD SMITH, Sergeant
THOMAS BUTLER, Drummer; JOSEPH CATHCART, Drummer
PRIVATES
Athearn, Abijah
Hatch, Eleazer
Lumbert, Elisha
Jabez, Jr.
Hillman, Timothy
Gideon
Simon
Lewis, Samuel
Lemuel
Allen, Thomas
Larsha, John
Moses
Butler, John
Luce, Abraham
Timothy
Burgess, Jonathan
Adonijah
Manter, Belcher
Chase, Benjamin Jonathan
Abijah
Jabez
Samuel
Beriah
Jonathan
Crosby, John
George
Mayhew, John Malatiah
Crowell, Benjamin Samuel
Israel
Norton, Shubal
Cartwright, Bryant
Jacob
Osborn, Samuel
Clifford, Jacob
Josiah
Rand, Caleb, Jr.
Cottle, Shobal
Jonathan, Jr.
Thomas
Seth
Litchfield
John
Daggett, John
Malatiah
Rogers, Matthias Robert Thomas
Seth
Robert
Swain, Benoni
Dunham, Gershom John
Reuben
Smith, Joseph Matthew
Foster, Jonathan Milton
William
William
William
Zaccheus
Whelden, John
Gray, Isaiah
Look, Daniel
Waldron, Joshua Nathan
Hancock, Josiah Nathaniel, Jr. Russell
Joseph
Thomas
Harden, Shubael
Seth
Samuel, Jr.
Hammett, Jonathan
Stephen
William
Hatch, Samuel
Lumbert, Benjamin
NOTE .- The name of Gershom Cathcart does not appear as "Captain," but as he was a militia captain at that period it is inserted in brackets under the assump- tion that the omission was accidental, or the document incomplete. The company must have had a captain.
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Isaac
Obed
Peter
Peter
Roland
Stephen
Nathan
John
Noah
Weeks, Samuel
Anthony
Jeremiah
Hezekiah
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[Mass. Arch. XCV, 210]
THE ALARM LIST, DRAWN BY MR. JAMES ATHARN, CLERK OF THE FOOT COMPANY IN TISBURY.
Allen, Ebenezer
Gray, Samuel
Manter, Whitton
Butler, David
Hancock, Nathaniel
Newcomb, Baise
Shubael
Look, Benjamin
Norton, Eliakim
Case, Barnard
Elijah
Rand, Caleb
Cathcart, Robert
George
Robinson, Jacob
Cottle, Silvanus
Luce, Isaac
Rogers, Nathaniel
Chase, Isaac
Joseph
Wass, Wilmot
Thomas
Timothy
West, Elisha
Cohoon, William
Lumbert, Samuel
Frank
Foster, Benjamin
Manter, George
A true List by me Jas Athearn, Clerk March 7th Annoq. Dom: 1757. Attested before me ZachS Mayhew Justice of the Peace
[Mass. Arch. XCV, 208]
A LIST OF ALL THE MEN BELONGING UNTO THE COMPANY OF THE MILITIA WITHIN THE TOWN OF CHILMARK, WHO ARE TO APPEAR AT AN ALARM UNDER THE COMMAND OF ZACCHEUS MAYHEW, Colonel FORTUNATUS MAYHEW, Leiften't ZACCHEUS MAYHEW, Ensign
ELIASHIP ADAMS, Sergearnt
URIAH TILTON, Sergearnt
JOHN BASSET, Sergearnt JOSIAH TILTON, Sergearnt
PRIVATES
Adams, Mayhew
Clark, Matthew
Lock, Jonathan
Allen, James
Daggett, Solomon
Luce, Levi
James, Jr.
Dunham, Daniel Zephaniah
Lothrop, Thomas
Josiah
Foster, Edward
Jeremiah
Robert
Hillman, Benjamin
Matthew
Samuel
David
Nathan
Silvenas
Henry
Nathan, Jr.
Armstrong, William
John
Pain
Bassett, Barachiah
Joseph
Samuel
Cornelius
Samuel
Seth
Nathaniel
Silas
Simon
William Stephen
Thomas
Boardman, Rev. Andrew Hatch, Benjamin
Timothy Zachariah
Burgess, Shubael
Timothy
Cottle, Abishai Benjamin
Hunt, Samuel
John
Jones, Daniel Ebenezer
Megee, John John, Jr. Mott, Samuel
Jethro
Mayhew, Josiah
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Militia Lists
Nickerson, Samuel Norton, Daniel Jacob
Skiff, James
Tilton, Isaac
Nathan
Matthew
Joseph
Nathan
Sylvester
Stephen
Peter
Pease, Shubael Sylvanus
Steward, William
Salathiel
Robinson, Isaac
Tilton, Beriah
Silas
Redman, Micah
Elisha
Siranah (Cyrano)
Smith, Shobal
John, Jr.
William
Skiff, Benjamin
Joseph
Winpenney, William
Col. Zaccheus Mayhew's attested Return, dated March 2nd, 1757
pr WILLIAM BASSETT, Clerk
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John
Reuben
THE ARMY
The following list of persons belonging or credited to the Vineyard represents, as far as obtainable, the names of the persons who served in the army during the Civil War, 1861-65, with a record of their Regimental and Company assignments. Many names in this list are those of non-res- idents and foreigners who received bounties from the several towns for filling their respective quotas. Most of these may be readily distinguished, but they are included as part of the record of the Vineyard in this War. The list has been com- piled by the author from the original records in the Adjutant General's Office, Boston, Mass., and it is believed to be as complete, as well as authentic, as it is possible to make it from the material available.
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NAME
| Age
Credited to
Reg't
Co.
REMARKS
Adams, Wm. C.
32
Tisbury
45th
H
Anderson, Nils
30 Tisbury
IIth
H
Athearn, Eliaship A.
Tisbury
45th
H
Barnes, John
Edgartown
42nd
D
Of Virginia Cavalry.
Beetle, Edward E.
22
Edgartown
3rd F
Benson, David W.
32 Tisbury
3rd
C Cavalry [at Boston
Beaufort, Charles
23 Tisbury
3rd c Alien. Artillery. Enlisted
Bliss, Edward
2I
Chilmark
42nd
H
Bollen, Charles
26 Tisbury
56th
F
Boswell, Joseph P.
Chilmark
43rd
K
Bowles, Thomas
Tisbury
42nd
C
Of Rhode Island.
Boyd, James
Tisbury
42nd
C
Bradley, Henry
19|Tisbury
38th
H
Brown, John
Edgartown
42nd
G
Mariner. Alien.
Budlong, Frank L.
28 Tisbury
4th
E
Sergeant, Cavalry.
Bunker, Elihu M.
22 Edgartown
40th
D
Buswell, James E.
28 Edgartown
3rd
F
Butler, Hebron Vincent
Edgartown
2nd
Cahill, Hugh
30 Tisbury
28th
A
[1863
Carr, John
26 Edgartown
4th
K
Port Hudson, La., June 14, Of Connecticut.
Clark, Leonard
21 Edgartown
Ist
H
Cleaveland, Thos. D.
23 Edgartown
58th
E
Cleaveland, Chas. W.
32 Edgartown
3rd
Corporal.
Bash, James
35 Tisbury
5th
F
Rhode Island Battery.
518
The Army
NAME
Credited to
Reg't
Co.
REMARKS
Coffee, John M.
30
Tisbury Edgartown
28th 42nd Ist
A D H
Alien.
Cornell, Enoch C.
34
Edgartown Tisbury
42nd 42nd 20th
H
Crowell, Barzillai
22
Tisbury
3rd
Cavalry. Of Rhode Island.
Curtis, James W.
41 Edgartown Edgartown
5th
Dart, Carl
Davenport, Peleg D. B. 25
Tisbury
Ist 25th 3rd
K I K H D
Unassigned. Alien.
Dexter, Thos.
25
Edgartown
47th
I Cavalry. B Of Connecticut. Mariner.
Dow, Samuel H.
34 Tisbury
C Cavalry.
Dowling, B. S. C.
29 Edgartown Tisbury
Ist 3rd 18th
K G
Ellis, John R.
22 Edgartown Edgartown
42nd 40th 42nd
D Of New York.
Evans, Benjamin F.
24 Tisbury
Veteran Reserve Corps.
Failey, Michael
Edgartown Tisbury
6th 48th 42nd 5th
C
Filley, Chas. C.
21 Tisbury
19th
A
Fisher, Calvin
Edgartown
28th
c H
Fisher, Cyrus
Edgartown Edgartown
2nd
Andersonville Prison, 1864
Fisher, John P.
20 Edgartown Edgartown
Ist
D
Geils, Jerod
C Cavalry.
Giacomo, Gusevio
Tisbury
Gleason, Jos. H.
26
Chilmark
Gorman, Wm.
23 Chilmark
H I H
Alien. Enlisted Boston.
Gorse, Arthur
Tisbury
42nd
I Alien.
Gracy, David Gray, Geo. Gregory, Samuel D.
44 Edgartown Edgartown Chilmark
42nd 42nd 48th 24th 45th
D H H G H
Alien.
Griffin, Michael
|21 Tisbury
Third Inf., Reg. Army.
Grinnell, Oliver C.
Gromar, Henry
2I Gosnold Tisbury 29
2nd
A
Alien. Mariner. Alien.
Hall, John Hamblin, Cyrus
23 Tisbury Chilmark
Ist
C
I c
Crowell, Jerry W. Curran, Edward
25 Tisbury
Tisbury
42nd
C D Cavalry. Of Connecticut.
Delahunt, James
Devine, Patrick
44 Tisbury Edgartown
48th
Diamond, James 41 Chilmark Edgartown
5th
Dindy, John
Eastman, John
Fall, James
Fields, John
44
Tisbury
28th 3rd
F
Gahegin, Thos.
Getchell, James H.
27 Tisbury Tisbury
3rd 42nd 42nd 42nd 42nd 42nd 3Ist 45th
C C H Alien. Of New Hampshire.
Gorman, James
4I Edgartown
Gordon, Chas.
Tisbury
I
Alien.
19
c H E
Alien. Alien. Cavalry. First Lieutenant.
C
Fisher, Geo. L.
D
Ellis, Wm. H.
Age
Coombs, Isaiah S.
Covell, Frank
Crocker, Gilbert H. 18 Tisbury
G Alien.
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NAME
Credited to
Reg't
Co.
REMARKS
Hammond, John W.
Tisbury
3rd
Of Mattapoisett.
Harrington, Wm. H.
33
Edgartown
40th
42nd
|D
Heft, John
40
Tisbury
3rd
C
Alien. Cavalry.
Hillman, Beriah T.
20 Chilmark
43rd 38th
K H
Hinckley, Ambrose S.
Tisbury
3rd
B
Cavalry.
Hobart, Albert I.
35
Tisbury
45th
G
Howe, Wm. W.
42 Tisbury
Howland, James N.
Tisbury
45th 40th
E
Johnson, John
24 Tisbury
56th
Johnson, Peter
Gay Head
44th
Credited to Boston. [Army Engineer Corps, Regular Credited to Boston.
Kilcup, John W.
Tisbury
Ist
42nd 48th H Alien.
Assistant Surgeon.
Leady, John
2I
Edgartown
Ist
K
Lewis, Edward R.
24 Tisbury
2Ist
A First Lieutenant.
Lietch, Robert
Edgartown
48th
Alien.
Luce, Asa R.
29 Tisbury
3rc
Cavalry.
Luce, Benjamin N.
2I Tisbury
20th
Luce, Edward D.
41
Chilmark
24th
G
Luce, Franklin W.
24 Tisbury
18th E
Luce, John N.
Edgartown Tisbury
3rd
I
[1863.
Luce, Lewis P.
22
Tisbury
4Ist
C
Died at Baton Rouge, La., Of Maine. Alien.
Malady, Thos.
23 Tisbury
6Ist
H D
Mathews, Thos.
Edgartown
42nd
K
Mayhew, Caleb D.
Rhode Island Infantry.
Mayhew, John S.
19 Edgartown
58th
E
Mayhew, John W.
28 Chilmark
43rd
K
Mayhew, Joseph B.
2I Chilmark
3rd
c
Cavalry. Cavalry.
Mayhew, Timothy
27 Chilmark
3rd C
Mayhew, Wm. Brandon Merry, Wm. C.
Tisbury
32nd
I K
Illinois Infantry. Artillery.
Millbank, John Milligan, Chas.
23 Tisbury
2nd B
Moore, William
24 Edgartown
54th 45th
G
Mussey, Geo. B.
Edgartown
Ist
McCaulley, Peter
Edgartown
48th
I Cavalry Sergeant. H Alien.
McCollum, John L.
18 Tisbury
45th
D
Musician.
Hillman, Benj.
Tisbury
Hillman, Warren T.
Chilmark 21
43rd
K
Corporal.
Holmes, Samuel
Tisbury
42nd
Alien.
Kenney, Edward
19 Edgartown
Lane, Salmon B.
Tisbury
Edgartown
Larrabee, Geo. H.
24 Edgartown
Ist
H C I
Enlisted Edgartown.
4Ist
c
Luce, Leander
Main, James W.
Tisbury
42nd
Meara, Sherman T.
28 Tisbury Chilmark
43rd
Ist
40th E
43 Tisbury
Ist
F
Morse, Edmund B.
Edgartown
520
Age
Hatham, John
Edgartown
I D
D H
Lahiffe, Timothy
Tisbury
The Army
NAME
Credited to
Reg't
Co.
REMARKS
McGinty, Anthony .
Chilmark
22nd
McIrney, Thos.
19 Tisbury
2nd
McKenney, Thos. F.
Edgartown
42nd
C
Cavalry. Enlisted Boston.
McKenna, Bernard
Tisbury
42nd
C
Of Connecticut. Alien. Alien. Unassigned.
Nicholson, Angus G.
Tisbury
42nd
B
Alien.
Nickerson, Lucas M.
19 Tisbury
45th
H
Norton, Damon Y.
34 Edgartown
45th
D
Norton, Francis
35 Edgartown
3rd G
Norton, Frank
34
Edgartown
2nd E
Artillery.
Norton, Shubael M.
23 Tisbury
3rd
F
Sergeant of Artillery
O'Brien, Cornelius
18 Tisbury
I2th
47th
I Alien.
O'Connell, James
Edgartown
48th
H
Alien.
O'Leary, Timothy
45 Tisbury
Veteran Reserve Corps.
O'Shaughnessy, James
Edgartown
42nd
D
Osborne, John
Tisbury
42nd
C
Packard, Davis H.
Tisbury
45th G
Peak, William
Tisbury
45th
H
Pease, Francis, Jr.
2I
Edgartown
140th
D
Pease, Wm. W.
42 Tisbury
45th
H
Pent, Samuel
Edgartown Chilmark
38th
H
Lieutenant of Cavalry.
Phillips, John
24/Chilmark
42nd 40th
H
Ripley, Jos. A.
2I Edgartown
3rd
Roberson, Chas.
Tisbury
56th
Rose, Alfred P.
Gay Head
23rd
Scotchard, Jos.
27 Tisbury
4th
40th
26 Tisbury
2nc
E
Smith, Benjamin
22 Edgartown 40th
D
Smith, Chauncey C.
22 Edgartown Edgartown
Ist 42nd
D
Smith, Elisha M.
18 Tisbury
20th
I Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. d. Salisbury Prison, 1864.
Smith, Eliakim M. Smith, James Smith, John
39 Tisbury
Ist
G
Smith, Marcus M.
22 Edgartown
Ist
G
Smith, Wm. W.
26 Edgartown
Ist
H
Sneffle, William Swain, John T.
18 Tisbury
45th
H H
Thompson, William
20 Edgartown
42nd 20th
Thompson, David S.
44
Chilmark Tisbury
42nd D
Tilton, Cornelius L .! Tilton, James N.
21
Chilmark
Ist
C
27 Edgartown
3rd
F
D F K U E D
Enlisted Boston. U. S. Colored Troops. Killed at Petersburg, Va. Musician.
H
Smith, Christopher
23 Edgartown
58th 3rd
E F
3I Edgartown
Cavalry.
Edgartown
Ist
E
Alien.
A Musician.
Thompson, James
52I
.
I Also 39th.
O'Brien, John
Edgartown
42nd H
Quinn, John
Ripley, Alonzo
26 Edgartown
18|Edgartown
Shute, Richard G. Simons, John
| Age
I K
Newhard, Francis
Tisbury
History of Martha's Vineyard
NAME
Age
Credited to
Reg't
Co.
REMARKS
Todd, Samuel
40
Tisbury
5th
F
Cavalry.
Totten, Wm. A. P.
19
Edgartown
Ist
H
Trembo, Christopher
140 Tisbury
19th
C
Also Trembley.
Vincent, Chas. M.
2I
Edgartown
40th
D
Second Lieutenant.
Vincent, Frederick M.
24 Tisbury
3rd
L
Ist Serg't; d. Ship Id., 1862
Vincent, Francis P.
30 Edgartown
3rd
F
Vincent, Albert C.
Edgartown
23rd
D Credited to New Bedford.
Vincent, James H.
20| Tisbury
45th
H
Corporal.
Waldron, Jos. B.
20 Tisbury
45th H
Weeden, Warren D.
3I
Chilmark
43rd
K
Of North Carolina.
West, Thos. A.
22 Tisbury
3rd
C Sergeant of Cavalry; k. at Winchester, 1864.
West, Wm. D.
Chilmark
43rd C
Wilbur, Henry C.
22 Edgartown
58th E
Wilbur, James
28 Tisbury
20th I
Wilbur, Jos. H.
19
Edgartown
3rd
F
Widdup, John
Tisbury
3rd
Cavalry. Enlisted Boston.
Wilson, Chas. B.
Edgartown
42nd
D
Alien.
Wilson, Geo. E.
Tisbury
42nd
K
Alien.
Worth, Jethro
25
Edgartown
3rd
Wright, William
43
Tisbury
5th
Cavalry.
The above lists show a total of 185 men credited to Mar- tha's Vineyard, divided among the towns as follows: Tisbury 88; Edgartown 73; Chilmark (including Gay Head 2 and Gosnold 1) 24. This does not correspond, except in the case of Tisbury, with the statements in the text, pp. 425-8, taken from Shouler's "Massachusetts in the Civil War." The original returns of the Selectmen to the Adjutant-General were examined and checked by the author, and the result is as near as can be obtained when the system of quotas and credits in vogue at that time is considered. Towns were required to furnish certain numbers when a "draft" was made, and if the quota was not forthcoming from the legal residents, the Selectmen resorted to the payment of bounties and bought the necessary number from other places. Frequently our town officials went to Boston and bid for them among the transients of the metropolis, in competition with other towns, at the recruiting booths. In this way the strange names in the above lists are accounted for, and their connection with the Vineyard thus legalized. This confusion was increased in many cases where towns exceeded their limit and the State authorities credited this surplus to places that were deficient, and such
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men were considered as belonging to their home town while filling a vacancy elsewhere. Frequently in the confusion of these large drafts no complete record of such transfers and credits would be made, and the result has been to create com- plications in the muster rolls and town credits that defy ad- justment. This explanation may serve to show why it is impossible to establish a correct list of soldiers properly be- longing to a given town during the war.
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NAVAL SERVICE
The following list of persons belonging or credited to the Vineyard represents, as far as obtainable, the names of persons who served in the navy during the Civil War, with a record of the services of each. In addition to these persons, there were 'enlisted in the navy by the State at large and credited to the towns, 33 for Edgartown, 30 for Tisbury. The author is indebted to the late Dr. Winthrop Butler for much of the following information, particularly that relating to the char- acter of the service rendered. The list includes a few persons now resident who did not live on the island during the war.
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